Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

True Biz by Sara Nović

92 reviews

anried's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Drug use, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Car accident and Child abuse

wormgirl's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Child abuse, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, and Racism

literatehedgehog's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Any time I sat down to read this, I had to set limits on myself or I would have read way past my bedtime ... And yet I still would read just another chapter. The characters are lovably flawed; the Deaf community lovingly portrayed. The alternating POV chapters are interspersed with Deaf history, ASL lessons, and other snippets of relevant information.
 Ugh. The ending. I cried. Can't stop thinking about it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Ableism, and Child abuse

qkitten's review

emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

claudine2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

A very interesting book. A neat mixture of fiction and non-fiction. I love how it touched on so many different Deaf and Deaf-adjacent experiences. Very informative, while also being entertaining.

There were a few parts that I struggled with, but in the end, it did make sense why things happened the way they did. I didn't see where it was going until there were only about 40 pages left.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Ableism, Drug use, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child abuse, Car accident, and Dementia

Minor: Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Alcohol

invaderday's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

i really really really enjoyed this book! it also probably benefits from the way i have only read romance novels for like over a month so the literary writing was like a nice warm bath

anywayy this book was really super cool and kept my attention the whole time. i kind of left wanting a bit more from the ending but overall it was a satisfying story and just an all around good fucking read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Medical trauma, Drug use, Ableism, Child abuse, Racism, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

jennp28's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

This book was a really fascinating and arresting look into deaf culture. The cast of characters and the varying POV really worked to show all the angles of the story and the interstitials of non-fiction deaf history, sign language etc really added to the book. I listened to the audiobook, perhaps ironically, but I really appreciated the inclusion of the sound of the signs being made. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Medical content, Car accident, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Violence

lindsayhotrod's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

marioosa517's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Drug use, Alcohol, Medical content, Medical trauma, Ableism, Cursing, Dementia, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Child death, and Racism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Police brutality, and Vomit

lily1304's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I didn't expect to learn so much about cochlear implants, but it was interesting AND a good story!! I was really curious how

anarcho-communism and political violence

were going to fit into the plot but it really tied together well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical trauma, and Child abuse

Discussion of eugenics in the context of Deaf history; politically-motivated bombings/other property damage not targeting people